Equality Now

Equality Now "was founded in 1992 to work for the protection and promotion of the human rights of women around the world. Working with national human rights organizations and individual activists, Equality Now documents violence and discrimination against women and mobilizes international action to support their efforts to stop these human rights abuses. "

People
Accessed August 2008:

Board of Directors


 * Maha Abu-Dayyeh Shamas (Palestine)
 * Meaza Ashenafi (Ethiopia)
 * Taina Bien-Aimé (USA)
 * Susana Chiarotti (Argentina)
 * Colette De Troy (Belgium)
 * Jacqui Hunt (United Kingdom)
 * Jessica Neuwirth (USA)
 * Navanethem Pillay (Honorary) (South Africa)
 * Sapana Pradhan-Malla (Nepal)
 * Yukiko Tsunoda (Japan)

Equality Now UK Trustees


 * Maha Abu-Dayyeh Shamas (Palestine)
 * Meaza Ashenafi (Ethiopia)
 * Taina Bien-Aimé (USA)
 * Susana Chiarotti (Argentina)
 * Colette De Troy (Belgium)
 * Elizabeth Evatt (Australia)
 * Jessica Neuwirth (USA)
 * Navanethem Pillay (Honorary) (South Africa)
 * Sapana Pradhan-Malla (Nepal)
 * Gloria Steinem (USA)
 * Yukiko Tsunoda (Japan)

Equality Now Advisory Council


 * Deborah Taylor Ashford (USA)
 * Elizabeth Odio Benito (Costa Rica)
 * Helen Bernstein (USA)
 * Winnie Byanyima (Uganda)
 * Andrew Byrnes (Australia)
 * Edwidge Danticat ((USA-Haiti)
 * Elizabeth Evatt (Australia)
 * Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge (South Africa)
 * Hanny Megally (Egypt)
 * Robin Morgan (USA)
 * Alanis Morissette (USA)
 * Irene Kubota Neves (USA)
 * Indira Rana (Nepal)
 * Robert Rothschild (USA)
 * Joan Ruddock (United Kingdom)
 * Gloria Steinem (USA)
 * Meryl Streep (USA)
 * Rose Styron (USA)
 * Liz Young (USA)

Foundation and Corporate Support (2006)

 * Shana Alexander Charitable Foundation
 * Argentarius
 * Patrick and Aimee Butler Foundation
 * Bydale Foundation
 * Carlson Family Foundation
 * Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Foundation
 * Dreitzer Foundation
 * Stanley and Fiona Druckenmiller Fund
 * Ford Foundation (Nairobi)
 * Hunt Alternatives Fund
 * Jana Foundation
 * Banky LaRocque Foundation
 * New Field Foundation
 * New York Community Trust
 * New York Women's Foundation
 * Oak Foundation
 * Open Society Institute/Justice Initiative
 * Oxfam GB
 * Oxfam Novib
 * Pond Foundation
 * Sigrid Rausing Trust
 * Rowland & Sylvia Schaefer Family Foundation
 * Ruth Turner Fund
 * Twentieth Century Fox

Contact

 * Web: http://www.equalitynow.org/english/index.html

Related Sourcewatch articles

 * Working Assets
 * Human and Civil Rights Organizations of America
 * The Emperors Club VIP
 * Fahamu
 * Surita Sandosham - Executive Director (at least in 1996)